During the four day workshop (7th, 14th, 21st and 28th), participants learned  how to manage their children’s behaviours and how to assess  the functions of  behaviours. They did small group discussions, planning and role play.  They also learned how to do a task analysis for some daily routines.

Sessions were interactive and relaxed.  Most of the participants stayed back after lunch to get to know each other better. They also had  many questions to ask the trainers.  We were reminded to press on with our children and “Never, never, never give up!”  -Winston Churchill-

Ingredients:
Flour
Water
Tempera Paste

• 2 cups of flour
• 1 ½ cups of water
• ½ pkt of fine salt
• 30gm of cream of tartar
• 2 table spoon cooking  oil
• food colouring

1. Mix all the dry ingredients in a mixing bowl with a hand whisk.

2. Make a well in the middle and slowly add water and mix well with hand whisk.

3. Add the cooking oil and food colouring and mix well.

4. Cook the batter in a pot or wok at a very low temperature, stirring all the time.

5. As the batter cooks it will harden to become a dough.The colour will change. 

6. Remove the dough from pot and knead while dough is hot for about 5 minutes.

7. Cover the dough with a cloth to cool before storing in a tight container.

8. Do not refrigerate dough.

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Materials needed:

Tempera paste (blue/green, purple, red, yellow etc.), paint brush, 1 whole paper plate, 1 pre-cut paper plate, transparent sheet(s), pre-drawn fishes, stapler, silvery strings (optional) and glue (cellophone tape).

STEP 1: Paint the whole paper plate with either blue and green. Then, paint the pre-cut paper plate with some other colours. Leave it to dry.

STEP 2: An adult then paste the transparent sheet over the pre-cut paper plate.

STEP 3: Colour the fishes with crayons before pasting in onto the blue / green whole paper plate. Then, put in the silvery string (optional) to create an artificial moving waves.

STEP 4: Arrange both the whole and pre-cut paper plates together and staple around the edges to hold it together. You may add a rope etc. on the top of the mini aquarium to hang for wall decoration.

Finally, it will look something like this. Try it!

We had “Chicken dance” which children enjoyed  the song and movements. We have four games stations. Children went through obstacle course, bowling, finding ping pong balls in shredded paper and turtle walk. Towards the end of the event, we had family games — Chicken lays eggs! It was so much fun to see everybody trying to jump up and down to “lay” their eggs.

Children get their door gift and their prizes before they went home. Parents got to interact with each other. Special thanks to everybody who has contributed in one way or another to make it a success!

See the results for yourself – I kid you not !

Is that really me ?? Do you recognise the face behind the purple mask ? And who is that mysterious princess with the masked plume ?

Teachers got their chance too – guess who is who ?

Hey, look at me! I look fantabulous, don’t you agree ??

Then it was time to move……   flowing robes and shimmering masks – pure fun and lots of laughter….

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Four weeks earlier the teachers prepared a social story for the children.  Social stories are commonly used to guide children with special needs to learn about appropriate behaviours.  Please visit SOCIAL STORIES for full details of our social story.

A tour guide took us around the complex and explained the various functions of the different sections. Not surprisingly, our children were orderly and toured the complex without a mishap. They were naturally curious and tried their hands at hammering.

We had cakes and tea at the cafeteria  after all the walking.We were joined by Datin Chen.  It was a tiring but fun day for them.  Our appreciation to the staff and management at the Royal Selangor Pewter Showroom who made our visit possible.

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A big thank you to all volunteers, generous donors and everyone out there who supported the cause. We had great fun out there!

Children learn to say “I’m hungry” by touching his or her stomach. They request something that they like by signing “I want”.

Children learn simple makaton to express themselves.

Here are some useful links for parents wanting to communicate better with their child:

Early Communication Skills

Communication Development

Materials needed:

1 pre-folded art paper, paint (preferably blue / green and yellow / red), paint brush, pre-drawn and cut fishes, pre-cut sea grass, sea shells and glue.

STEP 1: Paint the folded art paper with blue or / and green tempera paste using a brush. Make sure the art paper is taped to the newspaper / table cloth before painting. Leave it to dry.

STEP 2: Now, paint the pre-cut fishes with yellow and red paint using a brush. Leave it to dry.

STEP 3: Paste the painted fishes with glue followed by the pre-cut sea grass and sea shells. Leave it to dry.

When it is done, hold it with both hands and move it front and back to create the moving waves of the deep blue sea, with the fishes swimming in it!